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    Help!! Is this a tumor?

    It is a mystery as to how she/he got pecked on. They are in an adult coup (just them). Plenty of room and plenty of dark spaces. It may have been a rooster who got in when I was trying to feed them. He was in there maybe 10 min. The mother hen could be a suspect. She does take them out for short...
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    Help!! Is this a tumor?

    It is a small round ball on the side of the neck.
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    Help!! Is this a tumor?

    I have a 3 week old chick that I rescued from other chicks pecking on its head and making her bleed. I put her in our chick hospital- gave her electrolytes and treated the wounds with vetericyn. But I noticed this “round ball of debris” on the side of her neck ( not near the crop area) Once she...
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    Skinny lethargic messy vent 3-year-old ameraucana hen - not moving!!

    I got some Rooster Booster in her with a syringe and she ate some mealworms this afterwards! What is the best treatment for lice? She is still not pooping, so I wonder if she is impacted? I want to give her another bath with epsom salt. Thank you so much for your advice. I hadn’t thought of...
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    Skinny lethargic messy vent 3-year-old ameraucana hen - not moving!!

    My lavender ameraucana 3-year old hen has been having a real messy butt, has been lethargic but has been eating a little and drinking, following the flock. Today I gave her a bath- got her a clean butt- no smell. When I was towel drying her, I was shocked to find how skinny she is- I can feel...
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    Two broody hens swapping nests

    Unfortunately, it wasn’t all unicorns and rainbows. Suddenly out of the blue, the more aggressive hen started fighting big time, in fact one chick was in the middle of all of it and got a badly hurt leg. I brought her inside my house and set up a brooder for her. After two weeks, she was able...
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    Two broody hens swapping nests

    Here they are!! They hatched just at the right time because we went to bed, grieving the loss of our prized Swedish Flower Hen Roo by a predator, and when we woke up the next morning, we had four baby chicks!!
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    Two broody hens swapping nests

    Both hens went into lockdown and hatched two eggs each! So I have four chicks!! The hens are getting along fine! Looks like a group effort! At night both hens sleep up against other with the babies underneath in one nest!! It is so sweet!! I’ll post a pic! I haven’t let them out of the coup yet...
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    Two broody hens swapping nests

    No, they are not removable. I did candle some and some were fertile. I put those back. The hens have been really mean, lol, so it’s hard to get more eggs to candle. I marked all the fertile ones. Wow, that’s great you hatched 21 eggs! Each hen has more than 12 eggs under her. I know Sweet...
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    Two broody hens swapping nests

    Th About two weeks. I am going to try and candle the eggs to see if they are developing- I have two Roos 14 hens. Thank you for answering me!
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    Two broody hens swapping nests

    I have two broody hens both on different nest boxes in The Palace coup.One hen, Sweet Cheeks has been broody before and was an excellent mother sitting, then hatching 10 eggs successfully and all grew into adulthood. Last year the other hen, Puff Ball, only hatched 3 with extra help. I noticed...
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    Molting & bleeding

    They all free range during the day and she is a bit of a loner, mostly cause she is so curious and into everything and following us around! She almost went to town in the truck once! Your suggestions sound good, thank you!!
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    Molting & bleeding

    Our wonderful Leghorn Marshmallow has begun to molt. Most of the others have molted already including the Roos who have gotten new tails, in our relatively young flock. I saw Marshmallow shake and quite a few feathers flew in every direction. It was this evening, when I noticed streaks of blood...
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    Which BYC member scares you?

    I know all too well this routine!! Orange cat too-beware!
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    Which BYC member scares you?

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